In trying to uphold international law and end Israeli atrocities, the world’s two highest courts have made an implacable enemy of Israel.
To continue the Gaza genocide, Israel and the US must destroy the laws of war
Tags: international criminal court
As Israel commits yet another war crime in Gaza, Biden still won’t acknowledge it’s happening –Day 242
Children going without food, bathrooms; in a bid for total lawlessness, Israel kills 8 Gaza police officers; thousands desperately need medical evacuation; Slovenia recognizes Palestinian state; Israel purchases F-35 fighter jets; Israel uses white phosphorous in Lebanon; Biden opines on Netanyahu’s war “strategy,” still can’t say “war crime”; US House passes bill calling to sanction ICC; more.
“Laws Of War” Biden-Blinken Style
When Biden talks about a “rules-based order”, whose rules is he talking about? What “Laws of War”? See this video to find out…
Spying & threats: Israel spent 9 years trying to keep the ICC off the trail of Israel’s war crimes
Israel has run an almost decade-long secret “war” against the International Criminal Court. The country deployed its intelligence agencies to surveil, hack, pressure, smear and allegedly threaten senior ICC staff in an effort to derail the court’s inquiries into Israeli crimes….
Israel, The ICC, And The Disintegration Of Our Species
The rule of law, appropriately applied (that is, equally across the board) keeps us from chaos. But when some think they are above the law, the rest pay dearly. Gaza is a case in point.
Israel is trying to designate UNRWA as a terrorist org – Day 236
Palestinians in Rafah & across Gaza grapple with ongoing Israeli violence, starvation; UN experts call for embargo; another expert identifies genocide – while a nurse in US gets fired for doing the same; Israel’s covert war on the ICC, Mossad threatened prosecutor; EU rejects Israel’s designation of UNRWA as terrorist org; Biden admin won’t sanction ICC; US appears to scold Israel at UN…
War on Gaza: Why ICC bid for arrest warrants is a bold and historic move — Richard Falk
Israel is offended by the ICC’s supposed “equivalence” between Israel and Hamas, but seemingly has no defense against the actual allegations
Netanyahu tries to explain away Rafah massacre: “we tried” – Day 234
Netanyahu claims civilian deaths in Rafah were “tragic” mistake; how limited is the “limited operation” in Rafah?; Rafah bombing is “the crime of crimes” – genocide; Amnesty Int’l and Reporters Without Borders call for war crimes investigations by ICC; US response to Rafah attack, more
ICJ orders Israel halt Rafah invasion, open crossings to aid – Day 230
Israeli settlers attack aid trucks again; Pope calls Gaza every night; Al Awda Hospital hangs by a thread; demand for ICC to investigate Palestinian prisoner abuse; punishing Spain for recognizing Palestine; Israeli policy to drive out pastoral communities; Colombian embassy coming to Ramallah; Netanyahu invited to speak to Congress; Nikki Haley; more.
Congress poised to invite accused war criminal Netanyahu to Washington – Day 229
House leader Johnson (funded by AIPAC) set to defy ICC; Israeli forces kill 12 Palestinians in Jenin; 896 settler attacks; 10 NGOs call for “media access to Gaza”; some biscuits make their way to Gazans’ mouths; 1,400 Israeli academics call for ceasefire; Gazans getting 1/4 of the water they need; much more…